UPDATE: Staff votes have been tallied and decisions have been made!
The following users have been selected as having championed the challenge known as ‘The Imagician’: ‘Dan…‘ and ‘Ilmari‘. While the battle was a very close one, the combined Doki Staff appreciated the works of these individuals the most. I congratulate everyone who submitted an entry into the contest; it was fun looking over them all! Keep an eye on the Doki banners, as non-winning submissions may be featured in the near future.
The complete list of submissions can be found here. For those that are wondering, image number 20 was submitted by ‘Irie Naoki’. Please thank him in the C-Box when you have a chance… ( ¬‿¬)
The winner of the challenge ‘The Viral Outbreak’ could have been won by several people, but ultimately I decided to choose the post submitted by ‘Unravel‘. While viewership is likely lower than the others’, his creative approach left me smiling throughout. Nice job!
The winners of ‘The Detective’ challenges are ‘Elliott’ & ‘Shiro’ for being the first to submit links which met the qualifications put forth in said challenges. Who ever knew Google-fu could be so rewarding?
So that’s that. Once again, thank you for everyone who participated. Those that won a beta-testing slot should join #doki on IRC and post their screen names in the comment section of this post. (Don’t worry, I’ll find you!) For those that missed the cut or didn’t participate in the challenges, don’t despair; the final patch is just over a month away! Now is the time to really start getting excited!
Once again: Greetings, Doki Legion! Have you had an adequate amount of time to prepare yourselves? I certainly hope so.
Recruitment for Tomoyo After Beta-Testers has now begun. (Lucky you!) The Beta-Testers will be testing Doki’s complete English patch before its official release on July 20th of this year. Very few spots are available through this offer, so when applying, it is important that you meet the following qualifications:
1) Applicants must have a copy of Tomoyo After ~It’s a wonderful life~ (original limited edition) installed on your computer. A digital copy will not be provided to you.
2) Applicants must be able to complete the entire game within a two week timeframe, make notes throughout for presentation at the end of the testing period, and be prepared to answer questions regarding your review process. Accepted applicants who fail to do so will have their status revoked and will NOT be included in the Translation Team credits.
3) Applicants must have a high level of English competency, preferably, but not limited to, native-speaker status.
4) Accepted applicants will not get paid. Herp-Derp.
5) All applicants must complete a challenge listed below.
A) “The Imagician” – In a format similar to that of Doki’s prior banner contests, create a banner image (1,240px × 250px) with Tomoyo as the focus and either ‘Doki’ or ‘Doki VN Department’ also shown. The submitter of the ‘best’ of these (creative, balanced, smooth, etc.) will be briefly interviewed and then selected as a beta-tester.
Achievement Unlocked by ‘Dan…’
Achievement Unlocked by ‘Ilmari’
B) “The Viral Outbreak” – Not much of a drawer/photo editor but still want a unique way to be selected as a beta-tester? Good at getting people’s attention? Then this challenge is for you! Find a way to successfully get the word out that the complete English patch for Tomoyo After will be released on July 20th of this year. How one accomplishes this is up to them. Participants will be judged on both creativity and an entirely arbitrary estimation as to the size of the user base reached. Submissions which appear to be spam or which cause a negative reaction in the target community will be discarded from consideration.
Achievement Unlocked by ‘Unravel’
C) “The Detective” – Not good with images and too timid to advertise the patch release date? So be it; there’s an option for you too. This user must search the expanse of the internet to find a specific Clannad Drama CD, catalog number ‘CLANNAD-0000’, available for sale. The disk can be new or used. Users must link to the page where the item is being sold to be considered, though links to pages where the item is sold out will be ignored. Furthermore, the first person to post a picture of the CD in their possession wins an automatic spot as a beta-tester.
Achievement Unlocked by ‘Elliott’
D) “The Detective II” – That was quick! ^^ Same deal as before, but with catalog number KSLC-0009. BOTH DISKS. ‘Challenge D’ will also be the final addition to this list.
Achievement Unlocked by ‘Shiro’
Winners will be selected within one week’s time. Possibly Sunday. That being said, good luck, Doki Legion!
Tuesday 12th June 2012 
9:29 PM 
Thus spake Clannad_Man
I love it!
Too bad i don’t have a game copy yet. Good luck to the ones that will be participating!
Heh, even if I could, I rather not spoil myself with just a bit of the game. Imma waiting patiently for your release of full CLANNAD.
This is not Clannad, it’s a different game. Unless you mean you’d rather not spoil for Clannad. Also, beta versions are complete versions which need to be tested for bugs. Not half completed versions. That would be an alpha test.
Come on! Give it a shot! ^_^
Good luck with your Beta Testing. I haven’t played a VN before so I don’t qualify, but hope it goes well.
A little typo in the title 🙂
Right you are Pitch, fixed.
Isn’t it “accepted”? xD
Minor mistake. Was too quick to post.
10th comment. Do I qualify?
You’re staff. So sure, why not?
I’m challenging you in Delaying Competition
Oh, A_C, you know I could never compete with you at that.
Damn D:
^said the laziest staff.
Lol you could call it The First Annual Doki Delay Off 😛
The winner is the one who delays something the longest.
Are there any CDs that have the same (or similar) name as the one mentioned in the post? Cause I’m getting a number of results, but they only show the album cover and not the CD itself, so I can’t be sure.
There is a whole series of similar CDs. I doubt you can find the ‘special’ though, it is an extremely rare limited edition thing, and I suspect that Clannad Man is trying to get the Doki Legion to find it for him because he “needs” it for his collection. Chances are your best bet would be searching in Japanese, but then, if your japanese is good enough to find this, why would you be concerned with a TA english patch?
You’re right. Clannad Man is like the god of Key stuff. And has a ton of key stuff even, his collection is vast 😛
I figured that was the case. I don’t really care about testing, I’m just up for the challenge lol. Also, I have been searching in Japanese the whole time. I’m aware that this is gonna be next to impossible to find since it’s from Comiket 3.5 years ago.
If not for a beta-tester spot, then for your honor! ^^
Now I’m curious about the old C-Man’s collection. ; ) Could you list all the stuff you’ve got Clannad Man? Pictures would be nice. <p
Well Roku, I’m not in a position to do that at this time. However, I did make a forum post about some of the items I purchased Summer of last year, if you’re interested:
http://forums.fansub.co/index.php?topic=149.15
That forum page is one of my favorites on all of Doki since I enjoy seeing people’s collections and new purchases. It needs more love!
Oh man, you have so much awesome stuff! ^^ I can hardly believe you even have the Key 10th Memorial Score! Sasuga Clannad Man I guess. ^^ I rather want that Kanon manga you got. That sounds interesting.
Ehh, bugger, I’m not really up to any of these contests, I fear. I can give it a shot (except #2, I am someone without any real internet presence, and my usual circles are not people interested in “anime stuff”) but I fear I can’t compete with the more net-savvy here.
I do own the game though and have completed it before, so at least I have that much under my belt.
Clannad man, that C) challenge is a fluke and you know it! O:<
Too lazy to get a copy of Tomoyo After at this time. So I'm out xD. I am a grammar Nazi though, so I am sure if I wasn't how I am I could pull said requirement off. I'd probably finish it within a week because it's TOMOYO. FUGGIN'. AFTER. As for the 3 challenges, none of them are my forte. I've notified people on Facepunch but that's really about it.
I am a grammar Nazi though, so I am sure if I wasn’t how I am I could pull said requirement off.
A real grammar Nazi would understand the use of the subjunctive and would have said “if I weren’t.”
I nominate Pawprint as winner just for that observation. 🙂
A bit unfortunate that I do not catch every error I may create. Nobody is perfect, hence forth you can not expect one to see every mistake, error or miscalculation even in such a short post as my prior one. Forgive me for not being absolutely perfect. I did not know every grammar Nazi could see everything they create themselves, aside from me that is.
I’m pretty sure he meant “henceforth”.
QC before you post
AC u stinx
Index plz stop being a faggot D:
You two are like an old married couple… with added attitude.
Hi, sorry if I come accross as insulting but Redeyes your post comes accross as a bit unnatural when reading =/
It’s so formal and doesn’t really flow right lol.
across 😀
Lol, hi AC!
My post comes off as unnatural and formal? Well excuse me for “speaking” like a well-educated gentlemen.
I’m pretty sure he meant “gentleman”.
This is just too entertaining to read! Bravo, Johnny!
*facepalm*
If you say so.
But making a grammatical error in a post where you declare yourself to be a grammar Nazi is the equivalent of the “Your an idiot” post. I wouldn’t have commented otherwise.
Yeah, yeah. Lay off him. He’s been a supporter of the VN Dept for quite awhile now.
I was going to apply, but then there was a challenge so I didn’t. It was too challenging for me.
Y u no effort D:
Even writing this comment is almost too challenging for me.
lolwut
I have to figure what those letters and numbers in the picture say. It’s a lot of work, and now I’ve had to do it 3 times!
Come on. Put more ‘UMPH!’ in your effort and complete a challenge!
Same here, except for the part where you were going to apply. Applying is too challenging. I’m even contemplating posting this comment because that captcha above looks like it’ll take too much effort to do.
I know, right? I can’t believe they expect so much from us. They actually want us to type a captcha every time we post a comment.
You could always sign up for an account. But hey, whatevs~
“sign up”? sounds like even more work
captcha is only for anons. if you sign up, you dont have to type captcha
What? Really? Consider me registered!
I’ve been commenting here for years but had no idea how to register. I feel stupid o.o.. 🙁
Just saw the area too, so simple yet how I missed that is anyones guess. I’ll register later.
To think, if you had done so, you wouldn’t have had your name stolen either. ; )
Above messsage was ment as a reply to Rawr.
ahhh damn, after a few days login to this site, i have to use captcha again and again. using Safari for browsing sure is a pain in the ass
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but don’t suggest me to change browser.i’ll stick with safari for browsing fansub etc.
Ohh, i just complaining to myself (¬‿¬)
I’m not really interested in the beta, I’m one of those people that prefer to play the real thing instead when it’s out 🙂
Also, I approve of what you did with challenge C xD
Good luck to the people participating in the beta 🙂
Yes, I’m particularly fond of The Detective myself! XD
*fond
You know, I’ve heard that somebody on staff really, really, really likes the colour pink.
Just an interesting tidbit. Probably never relevant to anyone.
Oh, look, an image contest, how exciting. >_>
You should submit an image. In PINK.
All this comment really prove that all of us really love Tomoyo. There’re always tons of comments in every Tomoyo-related post! Adding to that, they’re the most active comments!
乀(*￣▽￣*)ノ
Lol well said, though I don’t love Tomoyo, I love Clannad in general. Can’t wait to see what comes of this project, although I genuinely know nothing about this VN at all.
“I don’t love Tomoyo” … :O.
I never knew there were such people in this world…
Hi Ilmari, I’m weird like that 🙂
Anyways, sleeping now. Incase anyone makes a comment at me, I’ll be back tonight UK time lol.
Its nice to always see so many people interested in Tomoyo, Clannad, and the work being done with the VNs in general.
So who’s your favourite Key girl anyway? Kyou? Guessing solely based on your gravatar. ; )
Have you ever see he change his avatar?
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Indeed. ; )
As much as I’d like to appear in the credits I rather wait for the final release, I just don’t want to spoil my surprise hehehe plus I’m too lazy to create a banner right now, even more for the other options which I find somehow harder!… ^_^
I know what you mean. Thanks for stopping by anyways!
Out of interest, plan B *would* require advertising to an audience who are actually potentially interested in the VN, right? Because given the priveliges I hold within a certain institution, I could quite easily spread the word to several thousand totally apathetic people…
Yes. They must know that a visual novel is an interactive type of game as opposed to a picture book. ( ¬‿¬)
While I suck at drawing, and don’t really want to do C or B, I do run Gentoo Linux as my primary operating system and run Tomoyo After with rlvm. If you’d like me to, as a beta tester I can test your patch with engine. If it doesn’t work, there’s also the possibility I can figure out what the problems are and figure out how to fix them. With that you’d be able to release a patch for both linux and windows users during the July 20th release.
Your offer is intriguing, though I seriously wonder how many people would be interested in playing the game/running the patch on Linux. Compared to Windows, I think the number would be quite small.
Funnily enough, my friends that the most into anime (read weeaboos) are primarily Linux users. A lot of #reddit-anime (the IRC channel, not necessarily the actual reddit) is at least interested in using Linux if they don’t already. As I know I’ll be working on making your translation work through Linux either way, I figured I’d offer to let you guys release it with the official release. That way people wouldn’t have to hunt down a patch for their patch.
I’ll talk with you about it later. A special exception might need to be made to add you into the fold… =)
I’ll add that I’m in the linux group as well. If it doesn’t work on linux, sad to say, but I won’t be reading.
Also, Arch > Gentoo.
Are we supposed to make an original drawing of Tomoyo for the banner, or can we use images from the internet?
Either way. Originality is good, but making it look nice is more important. Whether this means drawing your own stuff or using pre-made images, its up to you.
Submitting for Challenge A
http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/7608/dokisubmission.png
I don’t know how you’re going to check the qualifications but I assure you that I meet all of them.
That font you used isn’t very good. The D’s look like they are pointed down somewhat and there is too much space between the V and the N. I think that banner would look better with a different font. I don’t have any authority to say this, but I’m sure they would let you submit as many banners as you want.
This is meant to be constructive criticism. It is intended to help you, not to insult you or anything like that.
It’s all good, honestly I wasn’t really thinking too much about the font, I’ve never done something like this before. I don’t really think I should spam the comments with my submissions, is there a way to submit these things without using this blog post?
Nope, just here.
“Proof of challenge completion must be provided in the comment section of this post.”
It’s fine, if you want to submit more then one, then go right ahead. Just, if you make many very similar ones, make sure you clarify which one you are submitting for the challenge. If you want to submit several different ones, you can do so, but you must post all of your submissions in one place. (Meaning, I can’t search through all of the page’s comments to find your submissions. They must be grouped together in your latest submission post.)
Then I guess I’ll leave this here, only diff is a new (hopefully clearer) font.
http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/4360/dokisubmissionv2.png
It’ll be this one i’m submitting Clannad Man.
Received. The first entrant for the ‘Imagician’!
Linking the original announcement post in my skype status message is probably not good enough to complete challenge B huh
Well maybe I can apply for a staff-freepass
Inb4 C_M wants to get moar
slavesstaffs.hope I did this right. I posted about this on 4chan http://boards.4chan.org/v/res/143059728#q143059728
dunno how many it will reach as it seems things quickly get burried there, but I will probably announce this in other places to.
404 not found.
kuso….. hmmm… I am getting it just fine…. maybe its because I posted it… ah well its what I get for never using 4chan before… anyone know how to link off certian 4chan posts?
Anons can be risky, so its best not to irritate them too much. Still, you tried, meaning you’re in the running!
Thanks, Really wish it worked though. Well, I hope this one has a good story line like Clannad (Tomoyo After has been on my computer’s backup drive for 2 years collocting dust).
Good luck to everyone!
If it 404ed so quickly, it’s probably because a mod deleted it, which of course, is a very good thing.
weird how I can continue seeing it though… ah well I never cared much for 4chan
For submission category 3 I am not very original but I believe I’m the first one to post to the subreddits (aside from NintendoToad who posted before the beta request came up):
http://www.reddit.com/r/visualnovels/comments/uz5bd/tomoyo_after_translation_complete_beta_testing/
This should at least get you more beta requests
and by 3 I mean B – derpidy dee
XD I knew what you meant. You’re in the running!
here’s my attempt
http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/1192/dokitomoyoafter.png
Oh and about the CD,
http://www.yesasia.com/global/clannad-web-radio-cd-nagisa-to-sanae-to-akio-no-omae-ni-hyper-rainbow/1014013267-0-0-0-en/info.html
doesnt say they’re out of stock but doesn’t say it’s in stock either, so not sure.
Not what he’s looking for. It has Sunohara on the cover and CD.
Ah wel i tried looking around for that specific one too, seems it comes in a set with other goodies (info: http://nijigencospa.com/detail/id/00000027407). but havent found a place that has that in stock.
Nice! Image received. You’re in the running!
Currently out of stock and in a set but it might be worth to check it once in a while to see if they restocked.
http://www.amazon.co.jp/コスパ-【CLANNAD-クラナド-】CLANNAD-録りおろしCD付グッズセット/dp/B002BASOCS
It’s probadly impossible to get it though, well good luck.